John Richardson joined the Gallery in 2014. A thought leader and commercial strategist, he is deeply committed to building, maintaining and growing corporate partner and benefactor relationships. He has worked at Back Row Productions and the New 42nd Street Project and most recently was the chief commercial officer at the South Sydney Rabbitohs where he worked for eight years, turning the off-field business pillars into one of the benchmark commercial administrations in Australia.

Mr Richardson is responsible for the Philanthropy Department and Corporate Partnerships and will be heading up the private capital campaign to realise the Sydney Modern Project vision.